Friday, November 14, 2014

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Gaussin for Sines
Gaussin Manugistique will supply two ATTs to PSA International in Sines, Portugal....
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DPW London Gateway wins new services
The list of new services includes the first switch from the Port of Felixstowe...
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WAM goes to sea
WAM Technologies has announced VesselConnect for remote management of reefer containers at sea....
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Williams for Konecranes in BC
Williams Machinery will represent the Konecranes Lift Truck division in British Columbia...
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Thermo King cuts the cord
Thermo King unveils new passive refrigeration container at the Intermodal Europe Exhibition in Rotterdam....
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Matson broadens its Horizon
It has been announced that Matson will take over Horizon Lines' Alaska operations. Horizon has also reported that it will sell its Hawaii operations to Pasha Marine and terminate its Puerto Rico operations...
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"Och Aye!" for Flensburger
Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft has completed is first ro-pax newbuilding in five years, LOCH SEAFORTH. for Scottish lifeline cabotage operations...
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WCN Publishing appoints Latin America agent
WCN Publishing and MundoMaritimo Ltd are pleased to announce that MundoMaritimo will represent WCN's magazines WorldCargo News and Bulk Materials International and their respective websites and digital products in Latin America...
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Enter IbisTek Crowley
US shipping line Crowley Maritime Corp and Ghana's IbisTek have formed a joint venture to provide a comprehensive package of project logistics, energy support services and emergency response capabilities in the African country...
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Bibby links with United Ship Management
Bibby Ship Management has formed a strategic alliance with Singapore-based United Ship Management to capitalise on business opportunities in the growing Chinese market...
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SNCM declared bankrupt
France's SNCM (Societe Nationale Corse Mediterranee) lost €40M in 2013 and is forecast to lose another €50M this year. With the bankruptcy application accepted by the court, 2000 jobs are at risk...
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Quick thinking saves a life
An elderly flood victim has been saved from drowning by five workers from the Terex mobile cranes/reach stacker plant in Montceau-les-Mines...
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Daimler to switch to gigaliners
Car giant Daimler plans to switch its inbound road moves to 25.25m long road trains...
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Rotterdam secures lashing deal
The established Rotterdam container lashing companies and the dockers' trade union FNV Havens have struck a labour deal that is to last through September 2017...
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NiKrasa for non-cranable trailers
The new lifting system is being used by TX Logistik...
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...cold ironing alternative
As an alternative to very expensive cold ironing at berth, cruise ships - and potentially, in future, cargo ships - can be supplied with relatively clean auxiliary power from an LNG barge....
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New motor for hatch covers
Cargotec-owned MacGregor has introduced a new electric starter cabinet for hydraulic hatch cover power units on bulk carriers and general cargo ships. It features an intelligent "soft-start" function that avoids starting current peaks and reduces stresses on mechanical and hydraulic components....
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Greenlotus 32 bulk ship concept
Ecoships, the technical ship management arm of Newport Shipping Group, has introduced a "next generation" bulk carrier design, aimed at setting the standard in ecologically compatible marine transport....
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Taking the Northwest Passage
The Fednav vessel MV NUNAVIK departed from Deception Bay in Canada en route to China via the fabled Northwest Passage this month. Canada's Fednav said: "[The NUNAVIK ] will be one of the first commercial vessels to transit the Northwest Passage completely, and the first to do so unescorted with an Arctic cargo, and with Canadian expertise."...
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LNG bunkering barge...
Bureau Veritas has been chosen to class the LNG bunkering vessel to be built at Hanjin Heavy Industries in Korea, under an agreement between NYK Line, Mitsubishi and France's GDF-SUEZ....
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Intra-Germany feeder
Hamburg-based Germanische Shipping GmbH & Co KG has announced a domestic feeder service between Germany's northern seaports, called Germanischer Linie....
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Cosco adding five ships
China Cosco Holdings is spending close to US$620M on five 14,500 TEU super post-Panamax vessels....
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Enter Ocean Three
The much-anticipated announcement finally came in mid-September that France's leading liner group, CMA CGM, China's second largest container vessel operator, China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) and the Middle East region's multistate owned United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) would team up....
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MacGregor is highlighting its A-class lashing bar as offering "a way of unlocking the considerable amount of unexploited cargo carrying potential on many container ships." Current orders from shipowners total around 200,000 units....
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